News on Workplace Technology from the Federal Employees News Digest


Telework effort highlights potential savings for feds

Telework Exchange on May 2 released results of its Telework Week 2012 event, which ran from March 5 to March 9.

Telework advocate cites growth in federal workplace

Results of an annual effort to promote telework seem to indicate that the practice is gaining traction in the federal workplace.

Online telework training tools updated

The Office of Personnel Management announced that new, updated employee and manager telework training modules are available online at telework.gov.

VA uses Facebook to connect with younger vets

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that all of its 152 medical centers are now on Facebook.

Office space? Not everyone needs it, GSA says

Agencies need to discard the mindset of devoting a given amount of office space to each employee, said General Services Administration officials.

Memo outlines telework security guidelines

An administration official last month reminded federal agencies that they must comply with security guidelines while implementing the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010.

MyPay adds mobile account app

Service members, retirees and civilian employees can now get to their myPay accounts through a mobile application, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service announced May 18.

OPM issues telework guide

The Office of Personnel Management last week released a telework guide to assist agencies in implementing the Telework Enhancement Act—and hopefully to bring more eligible rank-and-file feds into the teleworking fold.

Federal telework use on the rise, OPM says

The annual snapshot of federal teleworking shows that the practice is slowly spreading across the government workforce and seems to be having a positive impact on those allowed to participate.

Key task: Educate new Congress

In his first term representing Virginia’s 11th District near Washington, D.C., Rep Gerald Connolly sponsored or co-sponsored legislation addressing a range of issues of particular concern to federal employees, including pay parity, telework, paid parental leave, and a range of reforms aimed at improving the financial security of civilian and military retirees.

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